Electronics Technology EE1420
Title: Electronics Technology
Lecture Hours: 20
Tutorial Hours: 10
Course Assessment
Laboratory experiment
Final exam
Term: Autumn 2005
Lab Hours: 3 days
30%
70%
Course Description:
Electronics technology course introduces basic principles and
practices of electronics. In this scope passive and active discrete
components as well as integrated circuits will be presented.
Lectures are reinforced through tutorials and laboratory
experiments. The course integrates mathematics, physics and
engineering design concepts. In the course students also gain
knowledge and experience in the use of the primary bench top
electronic measurement and test equipment.
Prerequisites: Basic Mathematics and Physics that is relevant to
Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course the student should be able to:
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Define essential electronic terms
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Describe basic electronic theories and principles
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Identify basic electronic components and their values
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Operate primary electronic test and measuring equipment
such as Oscilloscope, DC power supply, Signal generator,
Digital multimeter etc. and perform basic circuit parameter
measurements.
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Understand linear circuit design and analysis
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Understand semiconductor devices and analogue integrated
circuits
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Understand the concepts of basic digital electronic theory and
integrated circuits
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Recommended Textbooks: see list
1. Success in Electronics by Tom Duncan, ISBN: 0719572053
2. Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications by Mike
Tooley, ISBN 0750653949
3. Schaum's Outline of Electric Circuits (Schaum's Outlines),
Joseph A. Edminister, Mahmood Nahvi
4. Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Digital Principles,
Roger L. Tokheim
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Conduct circuit design and analysis in the laboratory
Content Outline
Prerequisite –Basic Mathematics
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Decimal numbers and scientific notation
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Fractions and fractional expressions
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Linear and Quadratic equations
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Exponential and logarithmic functions
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Manipulating formulas
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Plotting
graphs
– Linear,
quadratic,
logarithmic,
exponential
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Basic trigonometric functions and waveforms –sine, cosine
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Rates of change – slopes of linear equations and
incremental changes
Basic Electricity
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Electric charge
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Electric fields and potential difference
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Define current, voltage, resistance and power
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State Ohm's Law
DC Circuits and Methods of analysis
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Resistors
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Resistive circuit networks –Series and parallel arrangements
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Voltage and current dividers
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Measuring Voltage, Current & Resistance
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LT Spice –Circuit simulation and analysis software (download
free from Linear Technology)
Semiconductor Devices
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Introduction to the P-N junction
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Principle of operation
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Diodes
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Ideal and practical characteristics
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Diode circuits in power supplies: Half- wave rectifiers
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Capacitive smoothing
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AC Signals waveforms and ac components
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Waveforms:
Frequency, Period, RMS average and peak
values
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Capacitors and capacitive networks
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Charging and discharging capacitors
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RC Circuits
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Inductors
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Low pass and High pass filters (R, C, L circuits)
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
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Schematic structure
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Theory of operation
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Common-emitter input, mutual and collector characteristics
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current gain
Field Effect transistors (FET)
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FET
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Theory of operation
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DC Characteristics
Introduction to Digital Electronics and Binary Number
system
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Comparison of discrete (digital) and continuous (analogue)
systems
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Electronic logic components
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Binary numbers
Combinational logic
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Basic gates –AND, OR, XOR, NOT, NAND NOR
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Boolean algebra
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Truth tables
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DeMorgan's theorem
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Karnaugh maps
Introduction to the laboratory experiment and in-class
demonstration of the lab experiment
Electrical Safety
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Voltages & Currents
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Materials used in electronics
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Electrostatic discharge
Using Common Laboratory Equipment and conducting
Laboratory measurements
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DC power supplies
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Signal generator
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Digital multimeter
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Oscilloscope
Laboratory Experiment 1 – Equipment Familiarisation and Linear
Circuit Analysis (LT Spice and Practical Experiment)
Laboratory Experiment –PWM Fibre optic communication link (LT
Spice and Practical Experiment)
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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FAMILIARISATION AND
EXPERIMENTS